India finish second at ISSF World Championships with 13 medals and three Olympic quotas

India closed their campaign at the ISSF World Championships Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Doha with 13 medals and three quota places for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. The tally of two gold, seven silver and four bronze left India second in the overall standings, behind China with 27 medals and ahead of South Korea with 10. Jaypal Malviya won the first quota with silver in the men's 10m air pistol on 5 November, Niraj Kumar added the second with bronze in the men's 50m rifle three positions on 11 November, and Vivaan Kapoor completed the set with trap silver on 12 November.

Vivaan tied Kuwait's Abdulrahman Alfaihan on 29 hits in the trap final before losing the sudden-death shoot-off 3-2, with China's Qi Ying taking bronze on 22 hits. India's two gold medals both came in team events, with Ravinder Singh, Saurabh Chaudhary and Amanpreet Singh winning the men's 50m pistol and Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker and Divya Thadigol Subbaraju taking the women's 25m pistol title with 1761-68x, well clear of South Korea on 1748-66x. Ravinder also won individual silver in the men's 50m pistol, while the women's 10m air rifle team of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Shambhavi Kshirsagar and the women's 10m air pistol team of Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh and Sainyam added further silvers. The women's 25m standard pistol team of Niveditha Veloor Nair, Manvi Jain and Simranpreet Kaur Brar took silver too, and Niveditha added an individual bronze in the same discipline.

Ankur Goel won individual silver in the men's 25m centre fire pistol with 583-19x, then teamed with Amanpreet Singh and Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu for team bronze on 1727-57x. The men's 50m rifle three positions team of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Akhil Sheoran and Niraj Kumar took bronze, with Niraj adding the individual bronze that earned his quota. The men's trap team of Vivaan Kapoor, Udaivir and Zoravar Singh Sandhu finished fourth on countback with 354, tied with silver medallists Poland and bronze medallists Czechia but behind winners Kuwait on 356. The three quotas are places for the country rather than guarantees for the shooters who earned them, with the final Olympic team to be decided through the national selection process.